OpenAI offers private equity a guaranteed 17.5% return

Claim

OpenAI is offering private equity firms preferred stakes with a guaranteed 17.5% return and early model access as it races Anthropic for enterprise deals, while SoftBank tested its borrowing limits committing another $30 billion.

Reported metric: 17.5% / $30B

Reporting date: 2026-03-24 (not necessarily the event date)

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• Welcome to March 24, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)